danang rocket attack july 5, 1971

Arriflexes. (Letter Home) Had lunch and supper at the club, Monday, April 19, 1971 Long Thanh North Went HOT 9 am, on station 10:30 am and switch in chopper control stick. Saw 'Makenzie Break' at RPI, Wednesday, September 15, 1971 Da Nang As the number of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam was reduced in 1971, efforts were made to shift more of the fighting to the Vietnamese army. Saw 'How to commit marriage' Glen H. Myers # Not in AF records, submitted by members, # Not in AF records, submitted by members, Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1960-1973. Spent whole day at China Beach, Saturday, February 20, 1971 Da Nang Live show at the club tonight, Monday, February 1, 1971 Da Nang Watching the M-79 (Blooper) being fired. Mission kicked off, I fly tomorrow morning, Wednesday, April 7, 1971 Da Nang The same aircraft in the photo above releases two bombs on an NVA truck park on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the jungle below. If we went a week without a few rockets coming we knew something was in the works. Burm detail Guard duty 6 am - noon, Friday, June 4, 1971 Long Thanh North Got HYl-3's and Ky's but didn't get mail Each day if there was something worth recording it made into the little Saw 'Graduate' at main compound, Monday, March 22, 1971 Da Nang Saw 'A new leaf' at MAFC The Sequence number refers to the sequence number assigned to all attacks on ten primary US Air Force operating bases in Vietnam. OFF, read a couple books, Monday, July 19, 1971 Vung Tau Supposed to fly radio check but didn't (Letter Home) Headcount breakfast and dinner Returned to Long Thanh, 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs, Saturday, September 4, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh (Letter Home) 1 mission, RR 027 4 hr. Band at club, Sunday, May 30, 1971 Long Thanh North on Satellite 000 North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Bill was the primary photographer for the 7th Air Force News in 1970-71. An F4 high above the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam. Sound: Yes. Saw "Paint your wagon' at MAFC Stayed at shop till 10:30, left 45 min. Avionics worked through lunch so afternoon off. standby at airfield 3 pm to 7 pm + Casualty figures reflect all casualties, i.e., USAF, other military and civilians. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Standby = planes ready to fly with radio relay racks in place and (nothing), Thursday, June 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Saturday, April 10, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) All units at Da Nang went on full alert, but the damage had been done. Naval Academy, and made a career in naval intelligence. Mailed film to Wards, Wednesday, March 24, 1971 Da Nang Worked morning, off afternoon, worked night. start flying tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 30, 1971 Da Nang Later that year, the wing sent its first squadron to the Republic of Vietnam. The glass ports for the aircraft's cameras are visible on the nose. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Note the radio at center for ground-to-air communication. (Letter Home) Took Urin test at Long Binh, Friday, December 17, 1971 Long Thanh North just before takeoff, Attempted repair (Letter Home) (Letter Home) I continued to write home about the A shot of me in our hut. (Letter Home) Beckman went to party at German Hospital boat tonight, Friday, September 3, 1971 Long Thanh North See a recent photo of Richard here. Off standby at 8 pm yesterday, scheduled for a 1 am flight but cancelled China Beach Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages, Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang Rick Vaughnes is in the center, and at right in back is motion picture photographer Sgt. Scary. Headcount, Friday, December 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Wednesday, February 10, 1971 Da Nang up 7 am Paulson left this morning night shift cancelled, Tuesday, September 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Base orientation brochure, Perimeter, Tent City. SP4 = rank of Specialist 4th Class He now lives in Fort Collins and is active in state and local veterans affairs. Zip band in evening, Monday, October 11, 1971 Long Thanh North Tuesday, February 9, 1971 Da Nang USAFI = US Armed Forces Institute, correspondence course. (Letter Home) Night shift Avionics, Thursday, October 28, 1971 Long Thanh North Saw movie "Norwood" at RPI, Thursday, April 29, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Night shift Avionics 1 mission, 5 hrs. Davis = Sgt. Saw movie "the Adventurer" at Gunfighter (Letter Home) It was used as an aerial firetruck by using an underslung pod. Newspapers.com makes these newspapers available for the purpose of historical research, and is not responsible for the content of any newspapers archived at our site. Got 28 letters today, Friday, February 26, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 hr. Had a little OJT today. China Beach (Letter Home) (Letter Home) We were flying inverted to take this photo. Rigged = installed radio relay equipment in aircraft in preparation for 10 min. Headcount, Monday, December 13, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Went to Vung Tau and hit beach The 390th Fighter Squadron was deployed to Da Nang Air Base (6252d Tactical Wing) in October 1965, and the 391st went to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base (12th Tactical Fighter Wing) in January 1966. (Letter Home) Da Nang Air Base ( Vietnamese: Cn c khng qun Nng) (1930s-1975) (also known as Da Nang Airfield, Tourane Airfield or Tourane Air Base) was a French Air Force and later Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) facility located in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam. Took a roll of slide film to Gunfighter PX, Wednesday, February 17, 1971 Da Nang Left 0800 this morning 30 min. (Letter Home) Moss moved out Worked on Satellite 679 and061 this morning, Monday, May 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Put cables on two planes going south today, Monday, March 29, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Avionics (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Saw "Airport" at main compound, Thursday, March 18, 1971 Da Nang Put radar in 001, took Loran? (Letter Home) Got one set of banks working (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Home) to Da Nang China Beach Noon - 4 pm . See the article in its original context from. These two American Airmen were killed during that attack: Gary Leroy Fuller - The Plai. notes I kept in my little diary book were little more than snippets of thought. 1 mission, 013, 3 hrs. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) RPI= Rice Paddy Inn, club on base in Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) 1 mission, 5 hours, up at 10 am, put on standby, Thursday, February 4, 1971 Da Nang USO show in afternoon On detail this morning moving timbers up 7 pm (Letter Home) (Letter Home) ran our missions from there. SAIGON, South Vietnam, Saturday, July 15-Enemy gunners blasted the huge American air base at Danang with 50 rounds of rocket fire early this morning, killing 12 United States servicemen and wound- ing 40, the military command announced. (Letter Home) On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 4:51:30 PM UTC-4, a425couple wrote: >> Does anyone remember the date of the rocket attack at DaNang in 72 that. Band at RPI OFF Moved to new hootch behind personnel building, Tuesday, March 9, 1971 Da Nang The SP feeding ammo is unknown. Duff left this morning mission cancelled, keyed guns, Wednesday, March 31, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) In February 1965, while at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, the wing began converting to the new F-4C Phantom II. (Letter Home) Saturday, October 30, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) On March 27, 1967, DaNang came under another 120mm rocket attack. (nothing), Friday, February 19, 1971 Da Nang This site uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic. Thursday, October 7, 1971 Long Thanh North Worked Afternoon and till 11:30 pm, Sunday, November 14, 1971 Long Thanh North Headcount, Sunday, December 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Got pictures back from Wards, Sunday, April 25, 1971 Long Thanh North, Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) This is My, our hut maid. In-processing at Long Binh till 3 am, on detail at supply till 3:30 am, Thursday, Jan 28, 1971 Long Binh 'Duh Hornets' band at RPI, Friday, April 30, 1971 Da Nang Took off morning, avionics afternoon Thursday, August 5, 1971 Long Thanh North could be installed side by side in the plane. (Letter Home) Tay Ninh Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or (Letter Home) 1 mission DCS 1 hr 000 Quit 6 pm, Wednesday, September 22, 1971 Long Thanh North Movie at RPI, 'I love my wife', Tuesday, May 4, 1971 Da Nang 366th AMS, Rocket attack BX, Gunfighter Pilots. plumbing[ Rod Carbone photo ], A Gunfighter Phantom landing on the runway at Danang 1972 Gunfighter Village = Air force compound in Da Nang OFF, Monday, November 1, 1971 Long Thanh North Mission never started Went to Long Binh, got a ride on an APC Took radar out of 061, de-rigged 013 and 038 (Letter Home) (Letter Home) During the attack, Lieutenant Colonel Verle E. Ludwig's 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, south of Marble Mountain, came under small arms fire, but apparently this was a feint designed to fix the unit in its defensive positions. Got pictures back from Montgomery Wards, Friday, March 19, 1971 Da Nang reserved. Saw ' Danger Diabolic" at RPI, Thursday, August 26, 1971 Da Nang June 8, 1969. (Letter Home) RR to Nui Ba Den, Thursday, September 30, 1971 Long Thanh North, Nui Ba Den President Nixon denied the next day that there were U.S. troops on the ground in Cambodia, so these photos were never released. Return to Rick's Vietnam Page Just after midnight on July 5, 1971, I was literally knocked out of my bunk in DaNang by a huge explosion. (nothing), Tuesday, February 23, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach = Rest and relaxation center on coast near Da Nang, Personnel mentioned (Letter Home) 2 missions, DCS,038 to Vung Tau to pick up HYL-3's, 1 hr. Wasted time (Letter Home) Pictures of Danang 9. Saturday, February 13, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Went to China Beach, used roll of film coming back through the villages Sunday, February 14, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) China Beach today, got a whole stack of mail today Monday, February 15, 1971 Da Nang 1 mission, 5.5 hours, up at 10 am, Wednesday, February 3, 1971 Da Nang Got mail, Friday, May 28, 1971 Long Thanh North They took our M-16's away from us today, Thursday, May 13, 1971 Long Thanh North Rained at 1 pm (Letter Home) Standby Arrived Long Thanh 3:30 pm via Tuy Hoa Found voltage dropped with 2 banks (KY 28 trouble) Re-rigged 038, 013. Saturday, October 2, 1971 Long Thanh North PATC and ATC = info on the Appalachian trail Got 4 RT's and 3 more Amps, Sunday, July 25, 1971 Vung Tau Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. Standby at 7:30 pm. (Letter Home) This is one of the Air Force aircraft that brought badly needed supplies to Viet Nam. The barracks burned to the ground after the rocket attack. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) I guess my head was spinning. (Letter Home) Picked up TDY to Vung Tau and Nha Trang On 30 June 1972, the 366th TFW was deactivated at Da Nang Air Base, being reactivated at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand the same day. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Attack on Da Nang Air Base, RVN, by Monty Moore Da Nang AB was nicknamed "Rocket City" due to the large number of attacks by 122mm and 140mm rockets. actually flew the first radio relay flight for a mission to Nui Ba Den on this (Letter Home) Cheney = crew chief R&U building APO Pictures of Danang 8. Satellite 000 My letters home were verbose, but in stark contrast the daily Special services show twice at club, Monday, November 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Pay day, $387, Wednesday, December 1, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Their film cameras were 16 mm. Repaired two amps (pin pulling out - blue wire), Wednesday, July 28, 1971 Vung Tau (Letter Home) Vung Tau Finally got mail, Monday, March 8, 1971 Da Nang 20 min.073, Monday, August 16, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) (nothing), Monday, February 8, 1971 Long Thanh North 073 sprung a fuel leak. Radio Relay Fires started from secondary blasts by bombs and fuel. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Signal Group Aviation Detachment (Letter Home) OFF, rode shotgun on truck to Long Binh Sgt. Supply detail till 11:30 am Looking back I find (Letter Home) High-resolution original photos (without watermarks) are available from the National Archives in Washington, DC. Standby till Monday (Letter Home) Avionics - radar in 038 it interesting that the latest movie or show I saw, the mail I got, the missions (Letter Home) De-rigged 013, rigged 027 Got payed $348 Anyone can read what you share. Marble Mountain on detail cleaning M-16 magazines in afternoon Sgt. Mission = flight on U-21 or chopper, may be DCA(I think this stood for (Letter Home) Da Nang July 5 1971 (Letter Home) the Army too! To Vung Tau, returned 7 pm, Friday, August 13, 1971 Long Thanh North, Vung Tau Headcount, Saturday, December 4, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Davis took them to Phu Loi this afternoon. Avionics, Thursday, July 8, 1971 Long Thanh North Kelm came back up, Saturday, April 3, 1971 Da Nang news but for some reason the entries in the diary stopped for this period NVA rocket attacks were generally larger in volume of rockets and better aimed than "VC" attacks although by 1971-72 the VC ranks, decimated by their . Put in for TDY pay occasionally things get blown up. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The SP wearing the hat and smoking a pipe worked in Training, I think. Put radios in Satellite 027 this morning, (Letter Home) Sgt Timothy Krouse (see photo #9) from PA worked with me most or all of the time. Nng CSC in 1971. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Sent $100 money order home (Letter Home) On 11/6/2018 8:54 AM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. up 7 pm, Thursday, October 14, 1971 Long Thanh North, Bien Hoa (Letter Home) Company party Guard duty bunker 4, Saturday, September 25, 1971 Long Thanh North Bevins = pilot Kelm = radio relay operator Village [ Rod Carbone photo ], Bob Cummings 366th avionics maintenance squadron Danang 1971 56th fixing control amps This photo was taken of a Vietnamese Air Force pilot flying an A-37 on a ground support mission. Night Shift Avionics. Note the message above the gun and the helicopter reflected in his sunglasses. The three #'s (000, 013, 038, etc.) De-rigged 038, Monday, June 14, 1971 Long Thanh North As I recall I finally left Vietnam on the day after Christmas (Letter Home) Practice alert 9:30 pm, Monday, July 12, 1971 Long Thanh North Home) (Letter All rights Started this evening as headcount, Thursday, December 2, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) Cleaned orderly room (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Checked radar in a couple of ships, Sunday, June 27, 1971 Long Thanh North, Long Binh 000 up 2 AM Spent most of day at 12 Grp. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Send slides home(18) 1 mission DCS, 038, 2 hrs. Checked out radios in 027 on Satellite 061 (Letter Home) Duff and Currin went south this morning Sat in Avionics shop today home. 10,000 ft. above Nui Ba Den Mountain(Letter Home) amps Photo #3 ( Nng AB): didn't fly as I was scheduled for 1 pm, Friday, February 5, 1971 Da Nang Got pictures back from PX and mailed them home, Tuesday, February 16, 1971 Da Nang By 4 pm had two banks working secure, Friday, July 16, 1971 Vung Tau Tuesday, June 8, 1971 Da Nang, Long Thanh North Richard Life. (Letter Home) Went to Long Binh to pick up TDY pay, $148.38, Thursday, April 15, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Wednesday, March 3, 1971 Qui Nhon, Da Nang All girl zip band at 8 pm (Letter Home) Band at RPI tonight Photo #6A, 6b, and 6c ( Nng AB): At the firing range. should get flight pay and PFC. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Nng CSC in 1971. Put C-1611 in 013, Monday, May 24, 1971 Long Thanh North (Letter Home) The results of a typhoon that hit Nng in 1971. still didn't have power supply, Sunday, July 18, 1971 Vung Tau redistributed. Night Shift Avionics I was new to the Combat Documentation (ComDoc) team and my uniform shows it. Still on standby, Sunday, March 7, 1971 Da Nang Please email if you can provide additional information about these photos and the people in them. Bevins gave me a ride to 90th, Wednesday, December 22, 1971 Long Binh Open to all Vietnam Veterans that served at DA NANG Air Base of ROCKET CITY from 1971-1972. (Letter Home) considered combat assault) (Letter Home) Saturday, April 17, 1971 Long Thanh North Took a jog to back gate, Friday, May 21, 1971 Long Thanh North Rocket Attack = refers to enemy 122mm rockets incoming. View Full Article in Timesmachine , See the article in its original context from. (Letter Home) no mail and no pay yet, Friday, April 2, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Headcount = Checking in GI's at meals at the mess hall, a gravy job for These airmen worked very long hours to keep the planes repaired and in the air. A formation of F-100s of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the ancient Cham temple south of their base at Phan Rang. No plane with supplies Cleared Dispensary, Re-up NCO, Supply, Sunday, December 19, 1971 Long Thanh North, I was using a Graflex medium format camera for this mission and I'm wearing "g-suit" chaps that would automatically inflate when pulling out of a steep dive to prevent blacking out. Photo #8 ( Nng AB): (Letter Home) Bought a couple of casettes today, Sunday, May 9, 1971 Long Thanh North Rocket attack midnight, Monday, June 7, 1971 Da Nang (Letter Home) Guard duty 6 am - Noon for Duff 's were killed and 36 wounded in the shelling. 000 30 min. Sunday, June 6, 1971 Da Nang Checked relay banks all day, Friday, April 16, 1971 Long Thanh North At least we had indoor (Letter Home) Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): 15 min. 45 min 061 up 5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 17, 1971 Da Nang Went to Freedom Hill PX and bowling alley today, Sunday, April 4, 1971 Da Nang Shipped to Da Nang (Letter Home) (Letter Home) The attack almost wiped out the 390th TFS, which had 18 of its Phantoms destroyed or badly damaged. associated electronics that functioned as a relay unit. Col. Dickinson came for inspection Got two sets of nomex liferized today Started night shift today, Friday, September 10, 1971 Long Thanh North Rained all day (Letter Home) The camera was a new Nikon F2 and I was as green in combat photography as the camera. Package due today, didn't come Will start flying one radio check mission a day, Tuesday, March 23, 1971 Da Nang Tuy Hoa = airfield Band at Club (Letter Home) (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Add 1 mission, stopped at Phu Bai (Letter Home) 061 1 mission to Quang Tri at 6 pm Terms TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. (Letter Home) nightshift avionics (Letter Home) Found problems in xmode connectors on Cont. Got shots at dispensary 1 mission, 009, 4 hr 45 min. (Letter Home) (Letter Home) Guard duty noon to 6 pm, Thursday, June 10, 1971 Long Thanh North 1 mission, 5 hrs 15 min. Photo #2A & 2B ( Nng AB): The results of one of the rocket attacks in 1971. Avionics Put HF in 001, Monday, June 28, 1971 Long Thanh North book as a brief note and each day I counted down the days to till I was headed

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danang rocket attack july 5, 1971

danang rocket attack july 5, 1971